Adi Gaskell

1 week ago | leader.co.za | Adi Gaskell

As the predicted skills needed to equip the future workforce continues to change, how can HR leaders keep employees up to date? Adi Gaskell investigates. Three years ago, Cambridge academics lauded the economic benefits of language skills to society. Not only will direct translation skills be in high demand, they’ll also grease the wheels of international trade, they said.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Adi Gaskell

In a recent article, I looked at how the chatbots that are an increasingly ubiquitous part of the online experience might be subtly manipulating our behavior. With AI growing at such a pace, today is likely to be the smallest impact these bots will have, as improving capabilities encourage organizations to deploy them at scale. A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has further explored the impact this will have on us.

2 weeks ago | cybernews.com | Adi Gaskell

Artificial intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly having an impact on the workplace. But what kind of impact precisely? A study last year from IESE found that managerial jobs were actually growing, as organizations felt they needed more managers to oversee both the rollout and deployment of AI in the organization. This was interesting, as a French study into the impact of robotics on the workforce showed that it actually required "fewer" managers.

3 weeks ago | reworked.co | Adi Gaskell

Turns out, your brain’s pretty good at first impressions — even on Zoom. We form opinions quickly, based on seemingly irrelevant factors like the shape of someone's face. This snap impression of someone is possible because our primary visual cortex performs the  mental heavy lifting. Research suggests that when we look at a scene for the first time, our brain categorizes items based on factors such as their shape and texture.

3 weeks ago | voltedu.com | Adi Gaskell

Science has never existed in a vacuum, and now the Trump administration places more pressure on academia than ever before. Couple this with the misinformation crisis, and it’s increasingly important that academia effectively connects its work with the wider public. Researchers no longer just do science; they must communicate it as well. One might think institutions support and reward those who represent science publicly, but that isn’t always the case.